At least it ain't electric

[James Taglienti]

*~Now I know this doesn't count as neanderthal but give me a little credit, it isn't electric after all...
Ohlsson & Rice engine... one speed wide open, always running... 8 1/4" blade... plows through pine, oak, hickory, and femurs without a stutter...
at least they put an electric kill switch...

[David Gendron]

This is a great find... but neander meens powered by human only... So put a crank on the side of theis one and it could b consider as neander tool;)

[David Barbee]

My Amish friends would love that. Wonder if they made a radial arm saw version? :rolleyes:

[Jim Koepke]

This is a great find... but neander meens powered by human only...

Well, at least it takes human power to pull the cord to get it going.

jim

[harry strasil]

wonder what the decibel level is, probably more than a tailed tool?

remember the old I think it was Stihl saw that had the moving toothed blade instead of a chain.

[harry strasil]

And what happened to wind up recoil starters on lawn mowers, they were nice?

[Callan Campbell]

wonder what the decibel level is, probably more than a tailed tool?

remember the old I think it was Stihl saw that had the moving toothed blade instead of a chain.
There used to be a place in St. Louis called the Tool Shed, run a by a guy who collected and sold all sorts of stuff. He had a very early version of the "pre-chain" saw. Round Rim blade, hollow in the center, run by a small gas motor. Interesting design, but you could see how the chain saw that came out 1 or 2 years later according to this guy, pushed it off the market and out of favor.

[James Taglienti]

The decibel level is high but bearable... think "kid size dirtbike running wide open" and then remove the muffler, and you got it.